Greinke leads Dodgers, who earn 10,000th franchise victory

Minnesota Twins' Eduardo Escobar, left, slides into the tag by Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Juan Uribe, right, and is out at third while attempting to stretch a double into a triple during the second inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

MINNEAPOLIS >> Zack Greinke pitched six strong innings, Juan Uribe had two RBIs and the Dodgers earned their 10,000th win in franchise history, 6-4 over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.

Greinke (5-0) struck out six and didn’t allow an earned run through drizzling rain and temperatures that dipped into the 30s by the end of the game.

With the bases loaded and the Twins trailing 5-1 in the seventh, reliever Chris Withrow got Trevor Plouffe to pop out to shortstop on a 3-0 pitch to end the threat.

Plouffe’s two-run double in the ninth made it 6-4, but Kenley Jansen retired Chris Colabello to earn his 10th save in 12 chances.

The Dodgers join the Giants, Cubs and Braves as the only franchises to win 10,000 games.

Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier and Yasiel Puig each added two hits and an RBI.

Eduardo Escobar had a career-high four hits and two RBIs for the Twins.

It rained most of the day on Wednesday and a tarp covered the pitcher’s mound and batter’s box at Target Field 15 minutes before first pitch.

Greinke wasn’t fazed, and won his 12th game in 17 starts since Aug. 5. The right-hander has pitched at least five innings and allowed two runs or fewer in 18 consecutive regular season starts.

With Minnesota up 1-0, Drew Butera slid headfirst and touched home just ahead of Kurt Suzuki’s tag after Hanley Ramierz singled to left in the third.

Manager Ron Gardenhire challenged the safe call by home plate umpire Chris Segal, but lost after the call was confirmed following a 2-minute replay review.

Uribe’s two-RBI single made it 5-1 in the seventh.

Minnesota advanced a runner at least to second base six times against Greinke, but couldn’t break through beyond Escobar’s double.

Kyle Gibson (3-2) allowed five runs in 6 2-3 innings and lost his second consecutive start after beginning the season 3-0 with a 0.93 ERA.

Twins second baseman Brian Dozier did his best to help Gibson. When Gonzalez’s grounder to first took a bad hop and ricocheted of Joe Mauer’s shoulder, Dozier hustled over, dove, and scooped the ball to Gibson with his glove for the out.

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Tuesday’s series opener was postponed due to wintry weather and the two teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Thursday.

Kershaw goes five innings in rehab

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw allowed two runs and six hits in five innings during Wednesday night’s injury rehabilitation stint with the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts.

A 29-pitch first inning kept Kershaw from being dominant against the Tennessee Smokies, but he still finished with nine strikeouts.

“I would like to have gotten through six or seven innings, but I had a good time working with these guys,” Kershaw said. “It’s tough when pitch counts are in the back of your mind. Obviously the main goal of why I was here was to get my pitch count up and be ready for 100-plus pitches in the big leagues.

“At the same time, you’re trying to compete, too. Fortunately for me, I am kind of done with that and can go pitch now.”

Kershaw threw 86 pitches Wednesday after tossing 56 Friday during his first rehab stint at Rancho Cucamonga of the Class A California League, when he allowed two hits in five scoreless innings. He opened this season getting a win for the Dodgers over Arizona in Australia on March 22 but went on the disabled list for the first time in his career several days later with a strained upper back.

“I’ve learned I don’t like it,” Kershaw said of his DL stint. “As much as you try and be a part of this team, our team is playing right now while I’m in Chattanooga. It’s a weird process for me, and you kind of feel isolated a little bit. Hopefully I never have to do it again.”

Kershaw said he feels healthy but didn’t know when he would be joining his big-league teammates.

John Andreoli drew a leadoff walk for the Smokies in the first inning, and Dustin Geiger drove in the first run off Kershaw with a two-out double to left. Geiger singled to left in the fifth inning to score Andreoli again.

Kershaw’s appearance resulted in a sellout crowd of 6,318.

“I think it’s pretty great for this city to get to see Clayton Kershaw, one of the great pitchers in the game doing a rehab assignment,” Dodgers player development director DeJon Watson said. “It’s a great opportunity for them to see our overall brand of baseball and having Clayton Kershaw as a model of what we do from an organizational standpoint. We’re trying to get him in the best position to get him prepared to get him back in the big leagues, and coming here kind of worked out the best.

“The competition level is pretty good here, and he was forced to execute good pitches in key counts.”